Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1921

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

RankNameBabies
1Robert2,254
2William1,340
3John1,320
4James1,189
5Charles1,122
6Richard649
7George616
8Paul559
9Harold522
10Donald496
11Joseph446
12Edward374
13Ralph351
14Kenneth336
15Jack332
16Raymond326
17Harry303
18Eugene287
19Walter285
20Frank276
21Thomas265
22Carl263
23Warren232
24Earl230
24Howard230
RankNameBabies
26Arthur229
27Clarence212
28David185
29Albert179
30Russell177
31Roy176
32Lawrence161
33Wayne143
34Henry142
35Fred141
36Francis138
37Lloyd135
37Norman135
39Floyd131
40Max128
41Dale127
41Ernest127
43Louis126
44Herbert121
45Gerald119
45Lester119
47Chester114
47Melvin114
49Leonard108
50Frederick106
51Bernard105
51Wilbur105
53Joe101
54Elmer99
55Maurice98
55Virgil98
57Ray97
58Edwin95
59Marvin92
60Glenn89
60Herman89
62Stanley88
63Everett87
63Leroy87
65Glen84
66Marion83
67Clifford82
68Alfred81
68Cecil81
70Lewis79
71Jesse77
72Clyde75
73Daniel71
73Leo71
75Claude68
75Vernon68
77Samuel66
78Don62
79Homer61
80Victor60
81Willard59
82Delbert58
83Lowell57
84Billy56
84Theodore56
86Keith55
87Morris53
88Philip52
89Andrew51
89Gilbert51
89Harvey51
92Oscar50
93Leon49
94Benjamin47
95Anthony46
95Lee46
97Gene45
98Edgar44
99Hubert43
100Forrest42
100Hugh42
100Roger42